NEW YORK, September 29 (MNI) - Caterpillar Financial Services was
the lone investment-grade corporate debt issuer on the new bond
offerings calendar Thursday, with quiet secondary market trading
activity as the quarter's end nears and the blackout period for
corporate quarterly earnings commences.

Nashville, Tennessee-based Caterpillar Financial Service
Corporation, the financial arm of Caterpillar Inc, launched $250 million
of additional notes in a reopening of its 2.05% 5-year bonds.

NEW YORK, September 29 (MNI) - Caterpillar Financial Services was
the lone investment-grade corporate debt issuer on the new bond
offerings calendar Thursday, with quiet secondary market trading
activity as the quarter's end nears and the blackout period for
corporate quarterly earnings commences.